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Irina Slav

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  • Oil Prices Head Higher On Large Crude Draw

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  • Investors Reward Big Oil’s Frugality

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  • Total Deploys First Robots To North Sea

    Published 03 April 2018 | viewed 11,278 times

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  • Alaska Governor Scraps Arctic Oil Study

    Published 03 April 2018 | viewed 9,688 times

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  • Russia Considers $50B Investment In Iranian Oil & Gas

    Published 03 April 2018 | viewed 20,593 times

    Russian energy companies could spend as much as US$50 billion on oil and gas exploration in Iran, a presidential aide told media. Yuri Ushakov said…

  • Oil Search Resumes Production At Papua LNG Project

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